Blog 2: Utopia and Dystopia

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U·to·pi·a

   /yuˈtoʊpiə/ Show Spelled[yoo-toh-pee-uh] Show IPA

noun

1. "an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia  (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc. "

2." ( usually lowercase ) an ideal place or state. "

3. "( usually lowercase ) any visionary system of political or social perfection"
My Example:In Ancient Rome the kings wanted to create their own utopia.

dys·to·pi·a

   /dɪsˈtoʊpiə/ Show Spelled[dis-toh-pee-uh] Show IPA

noun

"a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding."                                 Give Example Sentences

• "In this dystopia, doctors haven't been trained in genomics, and payers won't fund predictive and preventive tests and protocols. "

• "However much he invented as he created his dystopia, he was also relying on actual events and situations. "

My Example:Pollution and Poverty
  The way I understand utopia is that is based on imagination as for dystopia it's the total opposite because it's based on reality not imagionation.